Following the US, Japan restricts the export of certain chip manufacturing systems. The ban applies to high-value technology that could be used for military purposes and does not target any specific country, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Friday.
The decision is another diplomatic victory for US President Joe Biden, who banned the export of such machines to China last fall.
“Technological Hegemony”
A few weeks ago, the Netherlands also imposed an embargo. ASML, the largest supplier of semiconductor equipment in the world, has its headquarters there. China accuses the US of seeking “technological hegemony” with these measures.
Mixed reactions
With no significant chip production in Japan, the restrictions coming in July will be a setback for local suppliers like Nikon or Tokyo Electron, said Takamoto Suzuki, chief economist for China at the Marubeni financial group.
Takahiro Shinada, a professor at Tohoku University, countered that the loss of Chinese customers will be offset by increasing demand in other parts of the world. Numerous new semiconductor manufacturing plants are planned in the US and Europe.
Source: Krone
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